Chocolate Wishes by Trisha Ashley
Trisha Ashley is an author I've never heard of before, but if you enjoy the likes of Sophie Kinsella, you're bound to get along just fine. If you're looking for an easy read, with a simple plot that doesn't require any painful thinking, then this could be what you're after.
Chocolate Wishes tells of a group of three companions who are all single, and have all been friends since they were very young as a result of their deranged mother's close friendship. The protagonist, named Chloe, is a confectioner who raises her gothic younger brother when her mother supposedly dies. They live with their grandfather, a warlock, and believes he is a great magician. Chloe is bitten by her past on more than one occasion in her search for love after she moves to the village of Sticklepond; but is she successful on her quest for romance?
The plot moves a little slow for my liking, and didn't really engage my curiosity. Undoubtedly, it's a nice, easy read that allows you to really get to know the characters almost as friends. From taking a drink with them at the local coffee house to searching the lonely hearts ads, Ashley has really given thought to the backgrounds of the characters, which results in them being very real and personable.
If you're looking for a comforting novel to cosy up with on a rainy afternoon, you won't go far wrong with this one. Though not challenging in either thought or structure, it does everything you need a chick lit novel to do.
Do you enjoy reading a chick lit to a classic? Or is it sometimes nice to have a balance?
Thanks for reading x
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